26.5% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fairy Bower · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fairy Bower
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Fairy Bower than in the rest of the country. About 26.5% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This strong spirit of volunteering defines the local community's approach to participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 26.5% volunteer rate is much higher than most similar areas and sits 12 percentage points above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While people providing unpaid care are well above the national figure at 15.7%, far fewer residents do heavy housework or care for children unpaid compared to most other areas.
15.7% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Fairy Bower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31016/fairy-bower/topic/community